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Lettre d'une Inconnue, 1992

 Item — Box: 172
Identifier: CC-28633-29931

Scope and Contents

This work consists of 15 sheets, 17.9 x 81.2 cm conjoined to form a single scroll backed with purple cotton fabric. It is read as a continous work from top to bottom and printed with conventional typography (14-point Times Roman). The handmade lead storage container is decorated with gold wire. Mutel states that the lead box is about memory and inside the box we can find the whole life of the unknown woman going and going like a river. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1992

Creator

Extent

1 item (1 book object) : 1 scroll (paper, fabric, printed) in case (lead, gold wire) ; 1281 x 18 cm (scroll), 22 x 12 cm (case)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Original Sackner Archive Location

1st floor bedro

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

Materials Specific Details

Published: Paris, France : Didier Mutel. Signed by: [Didier] Mutel (b.c.). Nationality of creator: French. Copies: 58 copies of 70 total copies. 45 number copy.

Processing Information

Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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